Unfulfilled promise episode 27 – 28
Unfulfilled Promises
season1
Episode 27
He was grateful for the umpteenth time for the fact that his parents weren’t the conventional Nigerian parents and allowed him to get away with a lot of things society would frown at He believed it was because his parents had spent so many years abroad before settling in Nigeria. They didn’t see anything wrong in a girl being his best friend and for them to be so close.
He got to her place and as usual to his joy,Tessy had finally traveled home while her mum wasn’t back from Dubai. As he expected, Oleng wasn’t in a happy mood. He tried making her happy but she kept bringing up his going away. He finally told her to dress up because he wanted them to go to that photo studio in Waterlines again so he could get her recent pictures to show to Damian and guys over there that his girlfriend was an African queen. She had smiled then.
They both went to the place and snapped some intimate pictures together. They stopped by Chicken Republic and bought some snacks. They devoured them when they got back to her place. They sat on the rugged floor listening to cool music and holding hands. As she usually did, Oleng dug her hands in his pockets to check what he had in them and as usual he struggled for her not to get to them. She ended up on top of him. They looked into each other’s eyes and started k-ssing. Oleng broke the passionate k-ss.
“We shouldn’t.” she stressed in an undertone.
“I know but that doesn’t stop me from wanting you.” he drawled huskily, touching the nose he was so fond of.
“Me too but we shouldn’t.”
“Okay.” he conceded grudgiling but yelled, “No!” when she playfully touched her hand in his pockets. She quickly got up and he did the same. When she realized what she was holding, she immediately dropped it. Eric quickly picked up the pack of c-ndoms and put it in his pocket again. An awkward silence ensued. They couldn’t look at each other.
“Where did you get it from?” she demanded curtly. He kept her quiet. “Don’t tell me you got it from Eddy!”
“Of course not. I got it from Damian.”
“Damian? Is he back?”
“No. He told me where to get it in his room.”
“That means you actually told him what happened between us. How could you? I thought it was sacred.” she launched back furiously at him in disbelief. Eric went closer to her.
“It was sacred but I couldn’t handle it alone. I had to tell someone because the beautiful experience was almost driving me crazy. I had to confide in my brother on how to get self control because I felt like making love to you everyday.
Desiring you was driving me crazy. I had to do something and who could I tell but my elder brother who is experienced in such things? It wasn’t as if I wanted to brag about it like Eddy. I just needed help. Besides, Damian won’t tell anyone.” he explained drily.
Oleng was silent for a while. She sent him a frowning appraisal before quietly admitting, “I felt like sharing it with someone too but there was no one to share it with. I don’t think Zinny and Marvy will understand and I don’t trust Tessy enough to tell her.” She shyly smiled. “I have wanted a repeat performance of what happened on Saturday but I thought it was abnormal for me. As you know, I’m not experienced in such areas.”
“Neither am I.Sunshine…if it’s any consolation to you, you were my first.” he ass**ted with coolness. Her jaw dropped.
“You thought I was experienced?” His mouth quirked.
“With friends like Edd…and…and…the way you touched me and made…” she trailed off and shrugged.
“It didn’t stop Eddy from fooling around even though he had feelings for Zinny.”
“If you haven’t noticed honey, I’m not Eddy.” he drawled sed-ctively and moved closer to her. She raised her head to look at him and tears rolled down her eyes.
“I’m going to miss you.”
“Me too, my love.” He assured her and took her in his arms. Soon they were k-ssing again and later on went to her room Eric made sure he didn’t allow lust to carry him away again by using the c-ndom his brother told him to search for in his room.
Damian had been mad at him at first when he had told him. Eric had thought it was because he had had s€× early in life but later discovered it was because he had slept with Oleng without protection. His brother had said he knew boys would be boys but did he want to ruin Oleng’s future by getting her pregnant? Eric hadn’t thought of that then. He said he felt Oleng getting pregnant was unlikely since it was her first time but Damian had called him a fool and told him to pray she didn’t. So he had prayed. He didn’t want to alarm her so he kept everything to himself.
“Ricky,” Oleng called softly.
“Yes, love.” he responded softly too.
“Please don’t ever forget me. Please. Please promise me we’ll always be together no matter what.” He heard the tears in her voice.
He was touched. “I’ll never forget you. I promise to always be there for you. Never forget me too.”
“I won’t. I promise.”
“I promise too.” he affirmed and k-ssed her. He linked his little finger with hers and they both said like they always did whenever they made promises to each other.
“These promises we’ve made to each other will never go unfulfilled.”
He k-ssed her and continued k-ssing her until he heard his phone ring. It was his mum. It was time to go because he had promised his mum that if she called, he would come home. That was why she had allowed him out in the first place. He answered the call. She told him to come and put finishing touches to his packing and to remember that they were having a farewell dinner for him. He told her he would be home soon. She promised him she would continue calling until she saw him. He ended the call.
All the while he had been talking with his mum, Oleng had been crying. The dreaded moment had finally arrived.
It was already after six in the evening so she knew he had to go. She tried to stop the tears but they kept falling. They both dressed up yet she was still crying. Eric didn’t know what to do. He consoled, petted, scolded, k-ssed her yet she continued crying. He didn’t know when tears slowly dropped from his eyes also.
This was his best friend now turned girlfriend for God’s sake! In her tears, he told her that four years was just a matter of time. It would fly by soon and he would come back to her and not stay back over there like his brother to work. Or better still, he would send for her since he would be of age then so they would be together and finally get married.
When she saw the tears rolling down his eyes, she cried even more. To confound issues, his mum kept calling him and not knowing what more to do, he told his mum what was keeping him. He gave the phone to Oleng to talk to his mother. She shook her head slowly. He had to put the phone on speaker. The respect he had for his mum grew when she talked to his girlfriend like a mother and a friend…..
Unfulfilled Promises
Season 1
Episode 28
Oleng stopped crying then,He thanked his mum and ended the call She cleaned her eyes, walked up to him, gave him a hug and k-ss on his cheek and wished him a safe trip She was about walking away when he held her and passionately k-ssed her, then he hugged her, said goodbye and walked away without a backward glance.
When he left, Oleng crumbled to the floor and resumed crying,She couldn’t shake off the feeling that that was the last time she would see him.
When Eric got to the gate, he gave the gate man a huge some of money.
“Sir, please, I’m traveling out to further my studies,Please take care of her, As you know, she’s always abandoned Please always make sure she’s okay Please make sure she eats and read her books Make sure she isn’t sick and if she is, please take her to the hospital and take care of her I promise to repay you when I come back.Please take care of her. Please.” he pleaded passionately.
“I go try my best.”
“Thank you very much, sir.”
“Safe journey.”“Thank you, sir”
He looked back at the house once more, shook his head and left. He put up a joyous front at the farewell dinner org-nized by his parents along with all his cousins that were staying with them His heart was heavy especially as he knew his girlfriend was alone at home at a time like this He felt hatred for her mum and Tessy for always abandoning her.
He called Zinny and Marvy then and pleaded again with them not to leave her all alone as he had done a day before He and Oleng had gone to see them and his two friends to say farewell.He called his two closest friends also and pleaded with them again to take care of Oleng Dave he knew would keep to his promise but he knew Eddy would be too busy getting down to fulfill his promise He knew the girls in whatever university he chose to attend were in trouble with such a womanizer like Eddy.
God! He was going to miss such wonderful friends like Eddy, Dave, Zinny, Marvy and above all,Oleng He kept recounting his friendsh¡p with all of them as he laid down on his bed to sleep He didn’t know when tears rolled down his eyes He was sure going to miss them He promised himself not to lose contact with them He wanted to call Oleng but he didn’t want her to start crying again He would call her immediately he got to California, he resolved.
He however couldn’t call her immediately he got to the airport the following day because he had to make adjustments to his phone and sim card When he was able to do this, she was the first person he called
She was happy he had had a safe trip Though she had stopped crying, she sounded sad He was sad that she wasn’t happy because he was happy Damian and Grandma Conrad gave him a rousing welcome.
Two weeks later, his parents went back to Nigeria His mum cried at their departure It seemed she realized then that she was going to leave her baby behind.Damian had to promise to come home immediately he could get a break from his place of work.
Though Eric missed Nigeria, it was fun to be with Damian again They went everywhere together except his office though he went there a couple of times and had fun like they used to before the former left for the states.They realized then how much they missed each other Eric even liked Damian’s charming girlfriend, Rachael.
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Meanwhile back in Nigeria, Oleng tried coping without Eric She managed to write her exams though she had to be motivated by her two friends It wasn’t her best efforts but she felt her first and second term results would make up for it She didn’t even mind if she was promoted to SS3 on trial After all, the sun had left her world.She missed Eric terribly.
Though Zinny and Marvy came to her house sometimes, it couldn’t be compared to Eric who had come there almost every day then.Dave had come to visit once and she had seen Eddy outside a couple of times yet it didn’t make up for Ricky’s absence Though they communicated everyday, she felt his absence heavily.Everyday after school, she chatted with Eric through yahoo messenger He called her on the phone sometimes. If anything, their love was getting stronger.
He hadn’t started school yet since his WAEC results were not yet out and she was on hols so they had enough time to spend chatting She pleaded with her mum to get her a laptop and a modem with an excuse of getting more information from the web in preparation for her WAEC but she refused.It was Tessy who however persuaded her to get one for her.For the first time since Tessy came to stay with them, she actually liked her Great was her joy when her mum called her one day and gave her the laptop and modem with unlimited browsing She actually hugged her mum; for the second time in her life.
The first had been the first time her mum had traveled and came back The way her mum had looked at her then made her not to repeat it again Joy made her throw caution to the wind that day She however sobered up and apologized Her mum had only nodded her head and gone in,side It didn’t matter to her though because now she and Eric could see each other through webcam which was what she had been after in asking for a laptop.
They could say anything to each other; like how they were burning with desire for each other, the last time they had made love and how they wished they were together to make love again,They talked far into the night even when school began again.
They continued like that with him calling occasionally. Sometimes, when Zinny and Marvy came to visit, they would chat with him too He introduced her to Damian’s neighbour, Yolanda Since she wasn’t a beauty, Oleng wasn’t worried even though she noticed how cold the girl was towards her.
TBC